Day 1
23 September
Wednesday
Expo & Conference
VIP Evening Networking Reception
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Day 2
24 September
Thursday
Expo & Conference
After Party
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08:00
Registration & Badge Collection · Exhibition Opens · Welcome Coffee
MC: Jeremy Saunders
08:50
Welcome Address
Sita Schubert
General Secretary, European Medicinal Cannabis Association (EUMCA)
09:00
Official Opening
09:10
Presentation · 10 min
Thailand’s Medicinal Cannabis Framework: Where We Are and What’s Next
Peeracha Kookasamkij
Director of the Medical Cannabis Division, Department for Development of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine, The Ministry of Public Health
09:20
Presentation · 10 min
Import and Export of Cannabis Under the Plant Quarantine and Plant Varieties Protection Laws in Thailand
Sirichai Thaworn
Director of Plant Variety Regulatory Group, Division of Agricultural Regulation, Department of Agriculture, Thailand
09:30
Panel · 40 min
APAC Cannabis Market Landscape: Where Are the Real Opportunities?
Paul Sucharitkul (Moderator)
President, THIPA
Carmen Doran
Chair, The New Zealand Medicinal Cannabis Council (NZMCC)
Rehan Mehta
CEO, Thai Stick
Tommy Huppert
Founder | Director, Cannatrek
Eric Chan
COO, Kayf Industries
10:10
Break
Morning Coffee Break & Networking · Exhibition
10:40
Presentation · 20 min
Inside a World-Class Multi-Hectare Cannabis Facility: AI-Driven Automation at Scale
Bryan Ebstyne
CEO, Austranna
11:00
Presentation · 20 min
EU–APAC Regulatory Bridges: Market Access Pathways for APAC Producers
Sita Schubert
General Secretary, European Medicinal Cannabis Association (EUMCA)
11:20
Panel · 40 min
The Export Challenge: From Farm Gate to International Patient
Paul Sucharitkul (Moderator)
President, THIPA
Kohei Yamada
Founder | CEO, KISEKI GROUP CORP
Esias Meyer
Founder, JoziGrow
Atiwat Thongprapal
COO, Boss Farm
Sandra De Lange
COO, Entourage Effect
12:00
Break
Lunch & Networking · Exhibition
13:00
Panel · 40 min
The Economics of Cultivation in Thailand: Scaling, Surviving and Getting to Profitability
Laura Ramos (Moderator)
Editor-in-Chief, CannaReporter®
Aphichai Techanitisawad
CEO, Grasshopper Collective
Rob Bruun
CEO & Co-Founder, Evergreen Medica
Song Panvichean
Founder & Director, Solar Farm Thailand
Thanudej Thimamontri
Managing Partner/Co-Founder, LeafN
13:40
Presentation · 20 min
Capital, Patience, and Pain: A decade building one of Australia’s first medicinal cannabis companies
Matt Cantelo
CEO & Founder, Australian Natural Therapeutics Group (ANTG)
14:00
Presentation · 20 min
Clean Inputs, Compliant Crops: Managing Heavy Metal Risk in Medicinal Cannabis
Sandro Bombardieri
Founder / Chemist, HY-GEN Nutrients
14:20
Break
Afternoon Coffee Break & Networking · Exhibition
14:50
Session · 20 min
Session Reserved for Sponsor
15:10
Presentation · 20 min
From Grower Instinct to Data Driven Cultivation
Varavij Kambhu Na Ayudhaya
Co-Founder, KAMBIS
Business Matching · Expo Hall
Business Matching: Thai & International Operators
15:30
Presentation · 20 min
Precision Cultivation: Root Zone Management, Plant Steering & Environmental Control
Benjamin Selma
Director of Cultivation, Hollandse Hoogtes
15:50
Panel · 40 min
The Operator’s Craft: Innovation, Specialisation, Partnership, Valuation
Laura Ramos (Moderator)
Editor-in-Chief, CannaReporter®
Chase Martin
Founder, Umami Seed Co
Yolande Martin
Co-Founder, Altermedic
Michael Perman
Founder & CEO, Forbidden Harvest
16:30
Session · 20 min
Session Reserved for Sponsor
16:50
Chair’s Closing Remarks
Sita Schubert
General Secretary, European Medicinal Cannabis Association (EUMCA)
18:00
Exhibition Closes
19:00
Evening
VIP Evening Networking Reception
Hosted by
08:30
Registration & Exhibition Opens · Morning Coffee
MC: Jeremy Saunders
09:00
Welcome Address
Sita Schubert
General Secretary, European Medicinal Cannabis Association (EUMCA)
09:10
Presentation · 20 min
Cannabis in a New Light: Laser Imaging Reveals Strain Fingerprints
Benjamin Hall
Founder & CEO, LATscan
09:30
Panel · 40 min
Phenohunting from Tasmania to Orbit: How Top Cultivators Find Elite Genetics
Bryan Ebstyne (Moderator)
CEO, Austranna
Bozidar Radisic
CSO, MartianGrow
Max Edgley
Head of Cultivation, Tasmanian Botanics
Jesus Diaz
Head of Cultivation, Austranna
Tom Forrest
Co-founder & Chief Development Officer, Puro
10:10
Break
Morning Coffee Break & Networking · Exhibition
10:40
Presentation · 20 min
Building a Breeding Program: Phenotype Selection, Genetic Stability & Cultivar Development
Oussama Badad
CSO, Trilogene Seeds
11:00
Presentation · 20 min
Hop Latent Viroid, Tissue Culture & the Propagation Gap
Chase Martin
Founder, Umami Seed Co
11:20
Panel · 40 min
The Machinery of Access: Moving Medical Cannabis from Facility to Pharmacy
Stephen Murphy (Moderator)
Founder & CEO, Prohibition Partners
Nicolas Pougnet
Head of Quality and Compliance, Austranna
Adam Windish
CEO, British Cannabis™
Jessica Steinberg
Managing Director, The Global C · English & Welsh Solicitor · Oxford Law PhD
12:00
Break
Lunch & Networking · Exhibition
13:00
Panel · 20 min
From Policy to Practice: Inside Australia’s Medicinal Cannabis Regulatory Framework
Bryan Ebstyne (Moderator)
CEO, Austranna
Avi Rebera
Assistant Secretary, Office of Drug Control and Gene Technology Policy, Australian Government Department of Health
Katherine Clark
Director, Licensing, Certification and Engagement Section, Manufacturing Quality Branch, Australian Government Department of Health
13:20
Panel · 40 min
Meeting International Quality Standards: What Buyers Actually Require
Bryan Ebstyne (Moderator)
CEO, Austranna
Mitchell Kurz
Co-Founder & CEO, Phytoca
Jean-Baptiste Daguerre
Founder & CEO, YD Pharmaceuticals
Sascha Mielcarek
CEO & Co-Founder, Canify AG
Sharon Bentley
Founder/Managing Director, Medical Cannabis Australia (MCA)
14:00
Presentation · 20 min
Testing Infrastructure: COAs, Analytical Methods & Closing the Lab Gap
Russell Kinghorn
Managing Director, Pharmalytics
14:20
Break
Afternoon Coffee Break & Networking · Exhibition
14:50
Panel · 40 min
Patient Access, Prescriber Confidence & Building a Credible Medical System
Sita Schubert (Moderator)
General Secretary, European Medicinal Cannabis Association (EUMCA)
Michael Murphy
Vice President, The Australian and New Zealand College of Cannabinoid Medicine (ANZCCM)
Giuseppe Plebani
Physician & Cannabinoid Medicine Specialist, Private Practice, Ticino, Switzerland
Sheetal Bull
Founder, Horizon Health · CMO, One Health Clinics Australia
Kwan Jo (KJ) Lee
Chief Medical Officer, GreenMend Clinic
Business Matching · Expo Hall
Business Matching: International Operators
15:30
Panel · 40 min
Women Shaping Cannabis: Leadership Across Medicine, Media, Markets and Regulation
Sita Schubert (Moderator)
General Secretary, European Medicinal Cannabis Association (EUMCA)
Marika Graham-Woods
CEO & Chairman, Cannabis Trades Association (CTA)
Laura Ramos
Editor-in-Chief, CannaReporter®
Carmen Doran
Chair, The New Zealand Medicinal Cannabis Council (NZMCC)
Shabnam Sarshar
Women’s Health & Endocannabinoid Medicine, The Recalibration
16:10
Presentation · 20 min
Beyond THC and CBD: Emerging Cannabinoid Science and the Entourage Effect
Dedi Meiri
Associate Professor, Technion Israel Institute of Technology
16:30
Presentation · 20 min
Closing Keynote: The Next Five Years of Medicinal Cannabis in APAC
Stephen Murphy
Founder & CEO, Prohibition Partners
16:50
Chair’s Closing Remarks & Conference Wrap-Up
Sita Schubert
General Secretary, European Medicinal Cannabis Association (EUMCA)
18:00
Exhibition Closes
19:00
Evening
After Party
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